Reminiscences of Travel, and other Papers, written, in Leisure Hours, on board the Good Ship 'Parramatta', when voyaging from Plymouth to Sydney, in the Autumn of 1879 ... (Reprinted from the 'Parramatta Sun', a Magazine published in MSS. during the Voyage)
by TANGYE, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Birmingham: W.C. Proverbs, Steam Printing Works, 1880. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Birmingham, W.C. Proverbs, Steam Printing Works, 1880. Duodecimo, 48 pages, all printed with a red border. Original wrappers, with the full title page details repeated in red and blue, within a decorative red border, on the front cover; wrappers slightly marked, with minor loss to the bottom corners, and a few chips and creases elsewhere; a very good copy (internally excellent). Ferguson 16691 (with a lengthy and informative note about the author, and recording only his own copy in 'Full leather, lettered in gold on front cover'; Trove indicates the State Library of NSW now has a copy too). Provenance: Edward Edgar Pescott (1872-1954), horticulturalist, naturalist, author and book-collector.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106523
- Title
- Reminiscences of Travel, and other Papers, written, in Leisure Hours, on board the Good Ship 'Parramatta', when voyaging from Plymouth to Sydney, in the Autumn of 1879 ... (Reprinted from the 'Parramatta Sun', a Magazine published in MSS. during the Voyage)
- Author
- TANGYE, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W.C. Proverbs, Steam Printing Works
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1880
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- First Edition
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